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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:17:42 PDT
From:	"Gary Wong" <wonggd@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: IDE problem

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Out of curiousity, what PCI card did you have to move?

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:45:36 PDT, Sandy Shapiro wrote:

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>Ok -- I think I have it figured it out.
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>When I changed motherboards, I didn't use the same PCI slots as before,
>and that caused a conflict with DANIATAP.FLT and the RSJ drivers. I could
>attach the CD-RW, but I couldn't access the CD Rom drive.
>
>I moved a PCI card from Slot 2 to Slot 3, and everything became OK.
>
>Sorry for the confusion about IDE connections. I have two hard drives,
>both on the primary IDE connector, one master and one slave.
>
>I have one CD-RW drive always on the secondary IDE connector (first as
>slave, now as master -- that didn't seem to make any difference.
>
>The new motherboard has two sets of IDE connectors: Ultra DMA 100, and
>regular.
>
>So -- I have the two hard drives on the ULTRA DMA 100 PRIMARY connector,
>and I have the CD-RW drive on the the Regular IDE SECONDARY connector.
>
>The Dani driver lets me use one CD-RW drive as either a CD Rom drive or as
>a CD Burner (if anyone wants to know the drive parameters I use, let me
>know).
>
>Now OS/2 is happy and Windows is happy, and I can even boot from the CD
>Rom drive.
>
>I haven't done a thorough testing yet, but I don't anticipate any more
>problems. I find this DMA business and IRQ stuff very confusing.
>
>Thanks for all the help.
>Sometimes after I post a question, I will wake up in the middle of the
>night and think, "Maybe its the PCI slots!" Then I have to wait all day
>until I get a chance to play around and see what happens.
>
>Sandy
>
>>Sandy,
>
>>I have several questions. When you say:
>
>>If I connect the secondary cable, with the CD-RW, on the Ultra ATA 100
>>IDE
>>> connector, I can see the CD Rom drive in OS/2, but I then cannot see it in
>>> Windows, and I cannot boot from the CD Rom.
>
>
>>What exactly do you mean by I can see it in OS/2? Can you boot to an OS/2
>>desktop, using that setup? If so, can you insert a CDROM, double click on
>>the CDROM drive object on the desktop and read files that are on the
>>CDROM? The way I am reading this is that you attached the CD-RW drive as
>>a master to the Ultra ATA 100 MB connector and you attached your 2 hard
>>drive units as master and slave to the Secondary IDE connector. Then, you
>>booted from the master hard drive attached to the secondary IDE
>>connector. And the reason you cannot boot from the CD-RW, using this
>>setup, is because your motherboard (MB) does not support it. Am I right?
>>If not, what exactly is your setup here? Please specify the following,
>>below:
>
>> Ultra ATA 100 MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE
drive
>>unit?
>> Secondary IDE MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE
drive
>>unit?
>
>>Similarly, when you say:
>
>>If I connect the cable to the other secondary IDE connector (not the
>>Ultra
>>> 100), I lose it in OS/2 but can then see it in Windows and can boot from
>>> it.
>
>>What exactly is your setup here?:
>
>> Ultra ATA 100 MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE
drive
>>unit?
>> Secondary IDE MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE
drive
>>unit?
>
>
>>Harry Motin
>
>
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>>Sandy Shapiro wrote:
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>>> >You said you have 2 drives on the primary and the CD as slave on
>>> >secondary. You didn't say if you have a master on that channel, but you
>>> >need to have a master before you attach a slave. If I'm reading you
>>> >right, changing the CD to master might straighten things out.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Dave.
>>>
>>> I changed the CD-RW from slave to master (on the 2nd ide channel). That
>>> now allows me to boot up OS/2 from the standard IDE connector as well as
>>> the Ultra 100 IDE connector. However, I still cannot see the CD Rom drive
>>> in OS/2
>>>
>>> Here is what I can do:
>>> If I connect the secondary cable, with the CD-RW, on the Ultra ATA 100 IDE
>>> connector, I can see the CD Rom drive in OS/2, but I then cannot see it in
>>> Windows, and I cannot boot from the CD Rom.
>>>
>>> If I connect the cable to the other secondary IDE connector (not the Ultra
>>> 100), I lose it in OS/2 but can then see it in Windows and can boot from
>>> it.
>>>
>>> There must be some way to force OS/2 to see the CD-Rom drive when it is
>>> connected to the regular (not the ATA 100) connector. Something is CMOS
>>> maybe?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sandy
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